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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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